Hey, my people, Seamus thought you might get a kick out of looking down on L.A. from the Griffith Park Observatory. He does.

Of course Seamus gets a kick out of everything. This time, I was the one who needed to get out and above. My six-month checkup was days away. I needed to remember that the world is bigger than Cancerville.

Proportions change up here. The Hollywood Sign is twice the size it's supposed to be; the hikers march along like ants in sun hats. California's brown hills can seem desolate in photographs. Don't believe it. They're full of life.

As it happens, the checkup went fine. Seamus and I get another six months to ramble. Who knows where we might climb?